Larry Hanks: News

Sad to cancel our residency at FSGW Getaway - July 25, 2017

We are sad to report our need to remove ourselves from the "Guest" artists list at the FSGW Getaway this September, 2017. Deborah Robins and I were very much looking forward to attending. My mother-in-law has become suddenly incapacitated, required hospitalization, and is now awaiting 6+ weeks of PT in a Skilled Nursing facility. It will then be our responsibility to get her settled in an Assisted Living facility during the same time as the Getaway. So very disappointed not to see our many friends and colleagues. We are STILL planning to be on the staff at TradMAD week earlier in September. Hope to see and sing with you all soon. Thanks for your understanding and sorry for the cancellation.

Just Added! New 2017 Tour Dates - November 21, 2016

More to come very soon. USA and UK tours for Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins.

Deborah Robins LONE JOURNEY CD! - February 17, 2016

If an understated approach to old American songs is what you crave, then you'll be sure to appreciate the long-awaited "Lone Journey" album by Deborah Robins. With a tentative release date of April 15, 2016, it offers a gentle and heartfelt homage to Robins' many folksong influences, including: Raphael Boguslav, Bob Gibson, Fred Holstein, Utah Phillips, Richard Dyer-Bennet, Barbara Dane, Ella Jenkins, Sam Hinton, and, of course, Larry Hanks.

The CD will be available for sale directly from Deborah Robins, through CD BABY, itunes, Amazon, and this website. Watch this space!

On the road again! Join us from town to shining town on the East Coast. Concerts in NYC, CT, Upstate NY, VA, GA, and DC-area. Check site for details.

Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins guest on WAMC "DOTA" - November 11, 2014

Tomorrow night, Wednesday, Nov. 12, you can listen to a broadcast of Jay Ungar and Molly Mason's "Dancing on the Ceiling: Basement Sessions", featuring segments with Larry Hanks & me, AND Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer.

It was a great live show with LOTS of in-studio music, so we know you'll have a helluva time.

The show will air on Northeast Public Radio at 8:06pm right after the news. They broadcast from 17 locations in NY State and the signal reaches parts Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey.

If you are not in any of those locations, you can listen live at one of the frequencies listed below or ONLINE at

Larry is celebrating his 75th birthday this year, and OVER 50 years of singing old American songs!

There are several different types of venues on this tour in which to enjoy them: Folk Society getaway weekends, house concerts, and clubs...

New dates will be added last minute as well, so watch this space!

As the late, great, Lyle Lofgren-- in an excerpt from his Old Time Herald review of the brand new Hanks/Robins CD, "The Wheel of Time", describes:

"...Hanks and Robins avoid these artistic straitjackets with a simple approach that is not the same thing as simplicity, but does reproduce the experience of listening to old friends singing on the back porch late at night. And the human voice is glorified here..."

THE WHEEL OF TIME is READY! - August 17, 2013

For any Larry Hanks (and Hanks & Robins) fans seeking a lovely end of summer respite, you'll be delighted to pick up a copy of the duo's third collaboration: "The Wheel of Time". Filled with "a grand buffet" of charming old songs (and at least one newer song that SOUNDS old), listeners will be thrilled to hear Larry celebrating over 50 years as a singer of old songs, sounding just as he should-- plain, un-varnished, and with a minimum of fuss and accompaniment!. The Wheel of Time will be available on CD Baby, Amazon.com, and iTunes, as well as directly through the artists via paypal.

L & D are super-excited to be joining many friends and colleagues on an extended tour of the Tri-State area, beginning in April, 2013. Looking for house concerts in Albany, Ithaca, Middletown (NJ), Saratoga, and MORE! Then, on to the UK, and THEN back to the US for the Indian Neck Festival (invitation only, sorry!), and then in June on to North Carolina, for the Mars Hill Old Time Music Week, followed by the Charlie Poole Festival.

American songsters, Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins will be once again taking to the road this fall, as they make their way up the Western U.S. coast with stops in Eugene, OR; Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, and points North for their grand "Old Days 2012 NW Tour"! Check website for dates and details.

2012 "OLD DAYS" U.S. TOUR COMPLETED! - July 3, 2012

Thanks to SO MANY who have helped make this year's summer tour a GRAND success! From coast to coast, and up and down the East Coast, with a wonderful performance at the Kennedy Center, dozens of house concerts, scores of club dates, and festivals...we can hardly believe it went by so fast!

Watch this space for news of 2013 Summer/Fall Tour, and progress on the Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins 3rd duo CD, now in pre-production.

See you on down the road...

"OLD DAYS" in the can! Expect delivery 12/20/11 - November 18, 2011

Gadzooks, that's right! Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins are tickled to announce the completion of their second duo CD of brand spankin' OLD songs, "Old Days". Produced by the venerable Steven Strauss, we bring you another 20 of our favorite American songs to sing in close proximity (AND in close harmonies!) We'll be singing lots of songs from the new album on our Summer 2012 "OLD DAYS U.S. Tour". Hope to see you on down the road!

Hanks & Robins announce 2012 Summer U.S. Tour - October 20, 2011

Yes, Virginia, we're going back to Virginia. ...and Minnesota, Utah, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Vermont, and Maine. For more details as they become available, WATCH THIS SPACE!

We're excited to announce that our second duo CD, produced again by Steven Strauss (as was our first, "No Hiding Place") and recorded at The Wally Sound, Oakland, CA. It is with great pleasure that we offer 20 "brand spankin' OLD" songs of Old America, pared down, nice and simple, like we do, with a coupla voices, 2 acoustic guitars, and those funky harmonies we love so well. A delivery date of late December, 2011 is anticipated. Watch this space for updates!

That's right! Huzzah for the Hanksters, motoring down the road to a town, festival, venue, club, near you. They'll be bringing their inimitable eclectic OLD American songs, close harmonies, and deep love of the music to:

Salt Lake City, UT

Boulder, CO

Denver, CO

Lanesboro, MN

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

Madison, WI

Chicago, IL

Kerhonkson, NY

Brattleboro, VT

Rockland, ME

Boston, MA

Newtown, CT

East Windsor, NJ

Brooklyn, NY

Philadelphia, PA

Washington, DC

Baltimore, MD

Herndon, VA

Montpelier, VT

Woodstock, CT

Voorheesville, NY

Oxford, PA

Indianapolis, IN

Hope you can join in the music and merriment in this rare U.S. tour by "masters of their genre" of old songs. Check back with this website as tour dates are added!

WATCH THIS SPACE for upcoming MIDWEST TOUR DATES! - December 20, 2010

Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins BRAND NEW CD! - October 18, 2010

Well, it's done and in the can. Brand spankin' new, and just about ready for distribution! The long-awaited, CD, entitled, "NO HIDING PLACE", with 19 great old songs, produced by Steven Strauss. Lovely jacket design by Lisa Berman, photos by Mike Melnyk. Pre-order via this website (e-mail), or watch CD Baby within the next few weeks.

Larry Hanks with Kenny Hall and the Sweet's Mill String Band at the Berkeley Old Time Music Convention 2010 - July 16, 2010

Thanks for making the 2010 UK Boll Weevil Tour a great success! - July 16, 2010

Larry would like to thank everyone involved with the 2010 UK Boll Weevil Tour. Just back from an exhilarating month in England and Wales. So many inspiring people, great venues, charming festivals and halls. Thanks for letting us share our American traditions with you! See you next year. Check back at the website for future dates.

JUST ADDED! Several new tour dates for "Boll Weevil 2010 UK Tour", including Scotland and Wales! - July 8, 2010